Senior Safety Engineer

Hypersonica • london, england • Posted June 05, 2026

About the Role

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability

What you'll do

  • Lead a System Safety Program across Hypersonica’s portfolio of products and projects, ensuring hazards are identified early, risks are understood, and safety cases remain robust through system design, development, test, and operations.
  • Own the safety case lifecycle end to end: hazard identification, risk assessment, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, and clear traceability from hazards to mitigations and evidence.
  • Build and implement a lean, tailored safety approach that meets applicable aerospace and defence standards without unnecessarily slowing development.
  • Own the production of Hypersonica’s safety procedure and embed it into how engineering and test actually run day to day.
  • Lead design safety and trial safety, ensuring safety evidence is credible for readiness reviews and operations.
  • Manage and challenge external safety support where required, pulling capabilit...